Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations
Rainer Peets
- German Officer (segment "Time Out")
- (as Remus Peets)
Bill Taylor
- G.I. (segment "Time Out")
- (as William B. Taylor)
- Directors
- Joe Dante(segment It's a Good Life)
- John Landis(prologue/segment "Time Out")
- George Miller(segment Nightmare at 20,000 Feet)
- Writers
- John Landis(segment one) (prologue)
- George Clayton Johnson(segment two)
- Richard Matheson(segment two)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaAs Vic Morrow was waiting to film what would turn out to be the scene that killed him, he allegedly said to a production assistant, "I must be out of my mind to be doing this. I should've asked for a stunt double. What can they do but kill me, right?!" While he was filming Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), he insisted on having a $1 million life insurance policy before he would shoot any scenes involving the helicopter in which he was due to ride. He was very insistent, and when asked why, Morrow allegedly replied "I have always had a premonition I was going to die in a helicopter crash!"
- GoofsAn exterior shot of the airplane in Segment #4 shows the landing gear to be in the down position. The pilot later comments that the plane would be landing in twenty minutes, far too long for gear to be down prior to touchdown.
- Quotes
Car Passenger: Hey... you wanna see something really scary?
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 8 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksNights Are Forever
Performed by Jennifer Warnes
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics by John Bettis
Produced by Bruce Botnick with James Newton Howard
[Segment #1: playing when William enters the bar]
Featured review
Let the Midnight Special...
Interestingly, the segments which are not remakes of original TZ episodes, are the most memorable. Basically, the prologue and the first segment. The first has Vic Morrow as a racist who gets shown what it's like to be the target of hatred, rather than the hater. The segment is well done, but the blatantly racist dialogue is out of step with the Twilight Zone. If TZ had done a similar story, the treatment would have been much more subtle. The three remakes of original episodes are simply not as good as the originals. The prologue with Dan Aykroid and Albert Brooks is good, as is Burgess Meridith's narration.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- It's a Good Life
- Filming locations
- 15238 Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA(bar in segment #1; exterior & interior)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,450,919
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,614,366
- Jun 26, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $29,450,919
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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